Comments on: Euro-americano-centric?

Question: Euro-americano-centric?

roofus — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:26:52 -0800

Is there a word that describes a limited world view that originates from North America and Western Europe?

I'm not clear if "eurocentric" already covers this, but I'm looking for an equivalent word that explicitly includes North America.

By: winston

winston — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:31:06 -0800

I think that "Western" is usually used for this.

By: tomcooke

tomcooke — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:31:47 -0800

Western-centric is fairly popular.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:32:29 -0800

Occidentalism?

By: numinous

numinous — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:33:44 -0800

Perhaps Westerncentric or Western ethnocentric (/ethnocentrism).

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:34:00 -0800

Nthing "Western". Always means NA and Western Europe in my mind (though bits of Eastern Europe sneak in there too sometimes).

By: Phire

Phire — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:39:03 -0800

Western, from my POV, especially if you talk to Asians.

By: muddgirl

muddgirl — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:49:56 -0800

Western, or perhaps Western ethnocentrism, depending on the context.

By: burnmp3s

burnmp3s — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:58 -0800

Are you trying to specifically exclude South America? If so, Western doesn't really fit for me because most people consider South America to be part of the "Western World".

By: Dr.Pill

Dr.Pill — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:06:26 -0800

A neologism but natocentric would fit the bill.

By: qwip

qwip — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:07:39 -0800

If so, Western doesn't really fit for me because most people consider South America to be part of the "Western World".

Just a data point, I've never considered South America when hearing the phrase "Western World", though it makes sense that it is included - it has just never been something I've included. It always meant North America and Western Europe (As I think it has to do with those cultures more so than Central or Southern American).

And I agree, the term is just "Westerncentric" in my experience.

By: idiomatika

idiomatika — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:20:53 -0800

It's not limited to Europe and the US, but "parochialism" might fit the bill.

Or "Western parochialism"?

By: Phire

Phire — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:30:53 -0800

Just a data point, I've never considered South America when hearing the phrase "Western World", though it makes sense that it is included - it has just never been something I've included. It always meant North America and Western Europe (As I think it has to do with those cultures more so than Central or Southern American).

Ditto qwip. Geographically it makes more sense, but colloquially Western has always had a connotation of "upscale and highly developed" to the Oriental (is that term still PC?) so I'm not sure South America would be included either way.

Don't mean to offend, hope I haven't.

By: caveatz

caveatz — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:32:27 -0800

Anglo-American?

By: thewittyname

thewittyname — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:54:44 -0800

Are you intending to include Mexico and the Caribbean in your concept of North America, or do you really just mean the U.S. and Canada? Similarly, for Western Europe, do you mean just the UK, or also the Continent? If you mean those terms in the more restrictive sense, I think Anglo-American is the word you're looking for. On the other hand, I'm not sure there's a word that encompasses both the entirety of Western Europe and geographic North America besides "Western," and as others have noted, this could be construed to include South America as well. And, if you mean US/Canads + all of Western Europe, maybe Anglo-European would work?

By: kittyprecious

kittyprecious — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:14:27 -0800

(North) Atlanticist.

By: roofus

roofus — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:22:40 -0800

In the article I writing I'm specifically trying to make a comparison between female genital mutilation, and female genital cosmetic surgery. I therefore need this word to include France/Germany/Spain/Scandinavia and other western nations where female genital mutilation is illegal, but female genital cosmetic surgery is popular.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:28 -0800

It's not as common as "Western", but perhaps "Euro-Atlantic"?

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:08:16 -0800

I've seen "First World" used for that purpose, referring to Western Europe, America, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:30:19 -0800

Western. Oddly enough, even Australia/NZ fits this description in my mind.

By: chinston

chinston — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:59:36 -0800

I think "Western" is the word you're looking for. There's no logical basis - it's just a matter of convention. South America is not included. If you have doubts, you could probably finesse this by subtly defining the term in your article, just to clarify things.